Target Recovery Interval and Indirect Checkpoint
Introduction
The process that writes the dirty pages from the system memory (RAM) to the disk is called the checkpoint process....
2016-07-12
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday #080 – The Gift of the Basics
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday (#080) is being hosted by Chris Yates (B|T) (Happy B-day Chris!). He decided that this month’s...
2016-07-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #80 – SQL Birthday Present
It’s time for another round of the global blog party we call T-SQL Tuesday. This is T-SQL Tuesday #80 and...
2016-07-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #80–Chris Yates’ Birthday
It’s the 80th version of T-SQL Tuesday. You can see all the parties from the past on my page, but...
2016-07-12
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Uninstalling SQL Server from the Command Line to Remove Unwanted Background Instances
I had a note (or ‘action item’) to make sure that people were informed regarding the ‘uninstall’ of SQL Server,...
2016-07-12 (first published: 2016-06-29)
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Finding, disabling and enabling foreign keys
Foreign keys are a classic method of enforcing RI (Referential Integrity). Unfortunately though, they can get in the way if...
2016-07-11 (first published: 2016-06-29)
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Monday Morning SQL Break – July 11, 2016
It’s Monday and time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. I spent the weekend with family...
2016-07-11
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Tips to Fix Database Consistency Errors – Reported By DBCC CHECKDB
Overview
While working on SQL Server, sometimes users get stuck in annoying situations when database become inaccessible. After executing DBCC CHECKDB...
2016-07-11
6,083 reads
Basic Statistics with SQL – Introduction
I was a student of statistics in school and college. I didn’t get to use much of anything I learned...
2016-07-10
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SQL Server – String_Escape function in SQL Server 2016
Hi friends, in SQL server 2016 another string function that introduced is String_Escape. This function can escape special characters within...
2016-07-10
1,521 reads
Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
Forums
Form W-4 Updates 2026: What Employers and Employees Need to Know
Keeping up with Form W-4 updates doesn’t have to be complicated. In this practical...
Level 28: DAX Text Functions: The DAX Extract & Modify Functions: LEFT(), RIGHT(), MID(), REPLACE(), SUBSTITUTE()
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Creating JSON I
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers